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in Kanagawa Prefecture,
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. , the city has a population of 409,478, and a population density of . The total area is . Yokosuka is the 11th most populous city in the Greater Tokyo Area, and the 12th in the
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. The city is host to United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka.


Geography

Yokosuka occupies most of Miura Peninsula, and is bordered by the mouth of Tokyo Bay to the east and Sagami Bay on the Pacific Ocean on the west.


Surrounding municipalities

* Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama * Miura * Hayama *
Zushi is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of June 2012, the city has an estimated population of 58,087, and a population density of 3,350 per km². The total area is . Geography Zushi is located at the head of Miura Peninsula, facin ...


History


Pre-modern period

Archaeologists have found stone tools and shell middens from the
Japanese Paleolithic The is the period of human inhabitation in Japan predating the development of pottery, generally before 10,000 BC. The starting dates commonly given to this period are from around 40,000 BC; although any date of human presence before 35,000 BC ...
period and ceramic shards from the Jōmon and
Kofun period The is an era in the history of Japan from about 300 to 538 AD (the date of the introduction of Buddhism), following the Yayoi period. The Kofun and the subsequent Asuka periods are sometimes collectively called the Yamato period. This period is ...
s at numerous locations in the area. During the Heian period, local warlord Muraoka Tamemichi established Kinugasa Castle in 1063. He became the ancestor of the Miura clan, which subsequently dominated eastern Sagami Province for the next several hundred years. The Miura clan supported Minamoto no Yoritomo in the foundation of the Kamakura shogunate, but were later annihilated by
Hōjō Tokiyori Hōjō Tokiyori (, June 29, 1227 – December 24, 1263) was the fifth shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan. Early life He was born to warrior monk Hōjō Tokiuji and a daughter of Adachi Kagemori. Rule Tokiyori became shikken f ...
in 1247. However, the family name was reassigned to a supporter of the
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, and the Miura continued to rule Miura Peninsula through the Muromachi period until their defeat at Arai Castle in a 1518 attack by Hōjō Sōun. Following the defeat of the Later Hōjō clan at the Battle of Odawara, Toyotomi Hideyoshi transferred Tokugawa Ieyasu to take control over the
Kantō region The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. In a common definition, the region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba and Kanagawa. Slight ...
, including Yokosuka in 1590. The adventurer William Adams (inspiration for a character in the novel '' Shōgun''), the first Briton to set foot in Japan, arrived at Uraga aboard the Dutch trading vessel ''Liefde'' in 1600. In 1612, he was granted the title of samurai and a fief in Hemi within the boundaries of present-day Yokosuka, due to his services to the Tokugawa shogunate. A monument to William Adams (called ''Miura Anjin'' in Japanese) is a local landmark in Yokosuka. During the Edo period, Yokosuka '' tenryō'' territory was controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, but administered through various '' hatamoto''. Due to its strategic location at the entrance to Tokyo Bay, the Shogunate established the post of Uraga ''Bugyō'' in 1720, and all shipping into the bay was required to stop for inspection. As concerns over the increasing number of incursions by foreign vessels and attempts to end Japan's self-imposed national seclusion policy, the Shogunate established a number of coastal artillery batteries around Yokosuka, including an outpost at Ōtsu in 1842. However, despite these efforts, in 1853, United States naval Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Tokyo Bay with his fleet of
Black Ships The Black Ships (in ja, 黒船, translit=kurofune, Edo period term) was the name given to Western vessels arriving in Japan in the 16th and 19th centuries. In 1543 Portuguese initiated the first contacts, establishing a trade route linking G ...
and came ashore at Kurihama, in southern Yokosuka, leading to the opening of diplomatic and trade relations between Japan and the United States. The ''Kanrin Maru'' sailed from Yokosuka in 1860 with the first Japanese diplomatic embassy to the United States in 1860. During the turbulent Bakumatsu period, the Shogunate selected Yokosuka as the site for a modern naval base, and hired the French engineer Léonce Verny in 1865 to oversee the development of shipbuilding facilities, beginning with Yokosuka Iron Foundry. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal became the first modern
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to be created in Japan. The construction of the arsenal was the central point of a global modern infrastructure, that was to prove an important first step for the modernization of Japan's industry. Modern buildings, the Hashirimizu waterway, foundries, brick factories, and technical schools to train Japanese technicians were established.


Meiji period to present

After the Meiji Restoration, the arsenal was taken over by the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the area of modern Yokosuka was reorganized into Uraga Town and numerous villages within Miura District, Kanagawa Prefecture. Yokosuka Village was elevated to town status in 1878 and was made the capital of Miura District. In 1889, the Yokosuka Line railway was opened, connecting Yokosuka to Yokohama and Tokyo. Yokosuka was elevated to city status on February 15, 1907. From 1916, Oppama in Yokosuka was developed as the
Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal had many names, each depending on the period of its existence, and the circumstances at that time. Many of the names were acronyms that were derived from its military name or designation, which changed from time to time. The arsenal was sometim ...
, and many of the combat aircraft subsequently operated by the
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service The was the Naval aviation, air arm of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The organization was responsible for the operation of naval aircraft and the conduct of aerial warfare in the Pacific War. The Japanese military acquired their first air ...
were developed or tested at Yokosuka. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal also continued to expand in the early 20th century, and its production included
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s such as ''Yamashiro'', and
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s such as ''Hiryū'' and ''Shōkaku''. Smaller warships were constructed at the privately owned Uraga Dock Company. Yokosuka Naval District was the home port of the
IJN 1st Fleet The was the main battleship fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy. History First established on 28 December 1903, the IJN 1st Fleet was created during the Russo-Japanese War when the Imperial General Headquarters divided the Readiness Fleet into ...
. The
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of 1923 caused severe damage to Yokosuka, including the naval base which lost two years' operations of oil supplies. The city continued to expand in 1933 with the annexation of neighboring Kinugasa Village and Taura Town in 1933 and Kurihama Village in 1937. In 1943, the city also annexed the neighboring towns and villages of Uraga, Kitashitaura, Okusu, Nagai and Takeyama, as well as
Zushi is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of June 2012, the city has an estimated population of 58,087, and a population density of 3,350 per km². The total area is . Geography Zushi is located at the head of Miura Peninsula, facin ...
. During World War II, Yokosuka was bombed on April 18, 1942 by American B-25 bombers in the Doolittle Raid with little damage as a retaliation to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Aside from minor sporadic tactical air raids by United States Navy aircraft, it was not bombed again during the war; however, from 1938 to 1945 more than 260 caves in more than 20 separate tunnel/cave networks were built throughout the area, with at least 27 kilometers of known tunnels within the grounds of Yokosuka Naval Base. Many more tunnels are scattered throughout the surrounding areas. During the war, these tunnels and caves provided areas in which work could be done in secrecy, safe from air attacks. A 500-bed hospital, a large electrical power generating facility, and a midget submarine factory and warehouse were among the many facilities built. American occupation forces landed at Yokosuka on August 30, 1945, after the
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, and the naval base has been used by the US Navy since that time. The caves were used for storage and as an emergency shelter during the Korean War. From the 1950s, United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka has been home port for the United States Seventh Fleet, and played a critical support role in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Yokosuka was the site of many anti-war protests during the late 1960s and 1970s. The nuclear-powered USS ''George Washington'', formerly based at Yokosuka, was the first U.S. nuclear-powered ship that had been permanently based in Japan. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force also operates a military port next to the American base, as well as numerous training facilities at scattered locations around the city. For those reasons, there are a few hundred Americans and a thousand Filipinos in Yokosuka. In 2001, Yokosuka was designated as a core city, with increased autonomy from the central government.


Economy

Aside from the economic impact of its various military facilities, Yokosuka is also an industrial city, with factories operated by Nissan Motors and its affiliated subsidiaries employing thousands of local residents. The Nissan Leaf, Nissan Cube, and
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models are assembled in the in Yokosuka. The factory began operations in 1961 where the
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was originally built. Every May, there is a festival celebrating
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, which draws 50,000 attendees each year. The plant is adjacent to Nissan's Research and Development Center, the Oppama Proving Ground and the Oppama Wharf, from which Nissan ships vehicles made at Oppama and Nissan's other two Japanese vehicle assembly plants to other regions of Japan and overseas. The Yokosuka Research Park, established in 1997, is a major center for the Japanese telecommunications industry, and is where many of the wireless, mobile communications related companies have set up their research and development centers and joint testing facilities.


Demographics

Yokosuka's population is decreasing. Foreign citizens in Yokosuka are mainly Filipinos, Koreans,
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, and Americans.


Transportation


Rail

*
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Yokosuka Line ** – – – *
Keikyu Main Line (), also known as or, more recently, , is a private railroad that connects inner Tokyo to Kawasaki, Yokohama, Yokosuka and other points on the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture. It also provides rail access to Haneda Airport in Tokyo. mea ...
** OppamaKeikyū TauraAnjinzuka
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ShioiriYokosuka-ChūōKenritsu DaigakuHorinouchiKeikyū ŌtsuMabori-KaiganUraga * Keikyu Kurihama Line ** HorinouchiShin-ŌtsuKita-KurihamaKeikyū KurihamaYRP NobiKeikyū NagasawaTsukuihama


Road

* National Route 16 * National Route 134 *
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Education

Yokosuka's public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the
Yokosuka Education System Yokosuka Education System (横須賀市教育情報センター) is the public school system operated by Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. YES operates elementary schools, junior high schools, and high schools. Schools Secondary schools High ...
, a department of the Yokosuka City Department of Education. Many of Yokosuka's public high schools, including
Yokosuka High School is a high school in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture Japan, founded in 1907. The school is operated by the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education. As of 2014 the principal is . Notable alumni * Politician Junichirō Koizumi, 87th Prime Minister ...
, are operated by the
Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education The is the board of education for Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. The board consists of six members; one of them is elected as the chair, and one of them is appointed by the board as the superintendent. The board administers municipal education and ...
. The city operates one municipal high school,
Yokosuka Sogo High School Yokosuka Municipal Yokosuka Sogo High School (横須賀総合高等学校 ''Yokosuka Senritsu Yokosuka Sōgō Kōtōgakkō'') is a secondary school located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Yokosuka Sogo, which opened on April 1, 2003, is ...
.


Energy disasters

On 26 October 2011 Yokosuka held its annual nuclear accident evacuation drill. This drill was first held in 2008 when the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ''George Washington'' was employed at the US naval base near this city. About 70 people, residents and firefighters took part in the drill. Firefighters ordered the residents of the city to stay indoors, assuming abnormally high levels of radiation around the US base. Radioactive contamination was controlled in the emergency response center by city officials. The US Navy refused to take part in all this, because of the impossibility of radiation leaking outside the base. However, in December 2011 another drill was scheduled with Yokosuka and other cities to prepare for the possibility that people on board the ship might be exposed to radiation. One unintended consequence of anti-nuclear sentiment is the construction of coal fired power plants, which causes air pollution and worsens global warming. As of 2020, two coal-fired power plants are proposed to be built in Yokosuka, even despite the climate emergency. These
coal-fired power plants Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when dea ...
are being built without a full environmental review, and local residents are suing the government of Japan over its construction. Environment minister
Shinjirō Koizumi is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of the Environment from September 2019 to October 2021. He also serves as a member the Member of the House of Representatives for the Liberal Democratic Party. He is the second son of form ...
has been "a target of the activists' wrath" because of his support for this project.


Sister city relations

Yokosuka has twin-town relationships with four other cities. They are (in chronological order): *
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, United States (since 18 October 1962) * Brest, France (since 26 November 1970) *
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, Western Australia, Australia (since 25 April 1979) *
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, Kent, UK (since 26 August 1998) * Mazyr, Belarus (since 2008) Yokosuka has a friendship-city relationship with one city: * Aizuwakamatsu,
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, Japan (since 17 April 2005)


Local attractions

Sarushima is an uninhabited island in the Tokyo Bay, accessible by ferry from Yokosuka. The ''Mikasa'', flagship of Admiral Togo at the
Battle of Tsushima The Battle of Tsushima (Japanese:対馬沖海戦, Tsushimaoki''-Kaisen'', russian: Цусимское сражение, ''Tsusimskoye srazheniye''), also known as the Battle of Tsushima Strait and the Naval Battle of Sea of Japan (Japanese: 日 ...
, built in Britain by Vickers, is preserved on dry land at Yokosuka. It is a museum, complete with actors dressed like members of the original crew, and can be visited for an entrance fee of 600 yen. The Club Alliance enlisted club, which lies just inside the main gate of Yokosuka Naval Base, opened in 1983. It replaced the old Club Alliance which was demolished to make way for the
Prince Hotel The is the name of a hotel chain company headquartered in Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan. It is a subsidiary of Seibu Holdings, Inc. Together with Seibu Railway, Prince Hotels is the core company of Seibu Group. Overview During the Allied occupatio ...
. The old Club Alliance is where Ryudo Uzaki got his start playing rock and roll. "The Honch", a mecca for shopping and nightlife and located just outside the Yokosuka Naval Base's main gates, is a popular attraction for tourists and sailors stationed nearby, as well as local Japanese residents. The
Yokosuka Arts Theatre is part of the mixed-use Bay Square complex in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1994. The horseshoe-shaped theatre seats 1,806 and there is a smaller hall, the Yokosuka Bayside Pocket, with a capacity of 600. The Bay Square co ...
, part of the Bay Square complex by
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, is a venue for opera, orchestral concerts, chamber music, and films. Dobuita Street is situated in Yokosuka, close to the U.S. naval base. Therefore, this High Street has a very American influence, with many shops accepting U.S dollars. In the evening the street turns into the local bar and club district for the area. A museum in memory of rock musician Hide, a native of Yokosuka, opened on July 20, 2000. It has been reported that Japan's former prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, was influential in getting it built as he was a big fan of Hide's band X Japan. The museum stayed open, past its original three-year plan, for five years, before closing on 25 September 2005. Yokosuka is considered a place of origin of
sukajan A , or a souvenir jacket, is a type of blouse jacket dating from the end of the Second World War. It is inspired by baseball jackets, and it uses embroidery, silk and Japanese influences. History After the end of the Second World War, the re ...
jackets. These embroidered satin bombers are a popular souvenir from the city, especially the more expensive, handmade ones.


In popular culture

Yokosuka, including Dobuita Street, is the setting for the 1999 video game '' Shenmue''. Yokosuka is also depicted in the game's anime adaptation. City officials cooperated with animators. The 2000
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game ''
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'', and Shohei Imamura's 1961 New Wave film ''
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'' take place in Yokosuka. Additionally, Yokosuka is the location of the climactic battle in the Godzilla film '' Terror of Mechagodzilla''. Yokosuka is a major location in the '' Arpeggio of Blue Steel'' franchise, where it serves as one of Japan's few remaining naval facilities, the only one equipped with a functional shipyard and maritime academy. Due to rising sea levels, the port is built above the ruins of the submerged original city's remains. All the main cast lived and attended school there before forming the privateer fleet ''Blue Steel'' that uses it as their home port.


Notable people from Yokosuka

* Rich Alvarez, professional basketball player * David Jay Reed, artist, actor, photographer, graphic designer, lecturer * Donnalyn Bartolome, singer-actress * Caol Uno, professional mixed martial artist * Eri Shingyōji, singer * hide, musician *
Hiroyuki Taniguchi is a Japanese former football player who last played for Sagan Tosu. Career Taniguchi retired from football at the end of the 2019 season. National team career In August 2008, Taniguchi was selected Japan U-23 national team for 2008 Summer Ol ...
, professional soccer player *
Hitoshi Ashinano is a Japanese manga artist. He is most noted for ''Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō'', for which he won the 2007 Seiun Award for Best Science Fiction Manga. Another notable work is ''PositioN''. Prior to his debut, Ashinano worked as an assistant to manga ...
, manga artist * Honoka Inoue, voice actress *
Ichiro Ito is a guitarist in the Japanese rock band Every Little Thing. Ito also works in composition and, sometimes, arrangement of some of Every Little Thing's songs. Solo discography Albums * ''Diversity'' (2009) Other programs Ito Ichiro has made ...
, musician * Isao Inokuma, Olympic gold medalist judoka * Josh Kelly, actor * Junichiro Koizumi, former Prime Minister of Japan * Junya Ito, football player * Kaede, dancer, model and actress, member of J-pop girlgroups Happiness and E-girls * Kazumasa Hirai, author *
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, manga artist *
Kazutaka Miyatake is a visual artist and anime designer known for the mechanical design of the ''Macross'' TV series and a number of its continuations from Studio Nue, of which he is a founding member. He has also contributed to the mecha design of other series such ...
, anime designer * Kie Kitano, gravure idol *
Kikuko Inoue is a Japanese voice actress, singer and narrator. She has been part of the singing groups DoCo and Goddess Family Club. She is the founder and manager of her voice-acting company, Office Anemone. Inoue tends to play the " perfect girlfriend" o ...
, voice actress * Kōji Kumeta, manga artist *
Kotaro Koizumi is a Japanese actor and the eldest son of the 56th Japanese Prime Minister, Junichirō Koizumi, and Kayoko Miyamoto. He studied economics at night classes of Nihon University, but dropped out. Filmography Television *''Who Wants to Be a Millio ...
, actor * MAA, singer * Keith McDonald, baseball player *
Stan McQuay Stan McQuay (born July 12, 1973 in Yokosuka, Japan) is a professional bodybuilder and businessman, known for his appearances in muscle championships and as the founder of Physique Inc., a bodybuilding coaching company. Early life Born in Yokosuk ...
, IFBB professional bodybuilder *
Minoru Nojima was a Japanese classical pianist. At the time of his death he was President of the Tokyo College of Music. Biography Minoru Nojima was a child prodigy in Japan, won a major nationwide competition there as a teenager, studied with Lev Oborin in ...
, pianist *
Miyako Ishiuchi , is a Japanese photographer. In 2005, she represented Japan at the Venice Biennale. In March 2014, she became the third Japanese photographer, following Hiroshi Hamaya and Hiroshi Sugimoto, to received the Hasselblad Foundation International Aw ...
, photographer * Mark Muñoz, mixed martial artist * Naohiro Ishikawa, professional soccer player * Naoyuki Kotani, professional mixed martial artist * Rei Nishiyama, Olympic gold medalist softball player * Rika Ishikawa, singer *
Susumu Ishii Susumu Ishii (石井 進 ''Ishii Susumu''; 1924–1991) a.k.a. 石井 隆匡 was the second ''kaicho'' (godfather) of the Inagawa-kai yakuza gang in Japan. He was also fifth ''socho'' of the Yokosuka-ikka. Ishii was born in Yokosuka in 1924. In W ...
, yakuza godfather * Susumu Yokosuka, professional wrestler *
Shuhei Terada is a former Japanese football player. He is the currently assistant manager J1 League club of Kawasaki Frontale. Club career Terada started playing football at the junior youth setup of Japan Soccer League side Nissan Motors (current Yokohama F. ...
, professional soccer player *
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, professional soccer player * Marcus Thomas, professional football player * Thomas Noguchi, doctor *
Tsutsumi Sakamoto On November 5, 1989, Tsutsumi Sakamoto (坂本 堤 ''Sakamoto Tsutsumi'' April 6, 1956 – November 5, 1989), a lawyer working on a class action lawsuit against Aum Shinrikyo, a doomsday cult in Japan, was murdered, along with his wife Satoko and ...
, lawyer *
Yoriko Madoka is a Japanese politician of the Kokumin Ikari no Koe who served in the House of Councillors from 1993 to 2010. Madoka was born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa and grew up in Yao, Osaka and Takamatsu, Kagawa. She graduated from Tsuda College in 1969, and ...
, politician *
Yōsuke Kubozuka is a Japanese actor and musician. Career Yosuke Kubozuka has been a model for many magazines and TV commercials before starting out his acting career where he debuted in a 1995 TV crime drama ''Kindaichi Case Files''. In 1998, he starred in the ...
, actor *
Yusuke Kamiji is a Japanese actor, singer, and tarento. In the music world, he is known simply as . Biography Kamiji graduated from Yokohama Senior High School. He belonged to the baseball club while in school, and played catcher. He and Daisuke Matsuzak ...
, actor *
Yūto Yoshida is a Japanese politician who serves as mayor of Yokosuka, Kanagawa from 10 July 2009. Early life After graduating from Yokosuka High School in 1994 and Waseda University in 1999, Yoshida worked at Accenture for two years and then studied po ...
, politician * Ayumu Sasaki, motorcycle racer * MadeinTYO, rapper *
Kenchi Tachibana Kenichiro Teratsuji (寺辻健一郎; ''Teratsuji Kenichiro'', born September 28, 1979 in Yokohama, Japan), better known by his stage names Kenchi Tachibana (橘ケンチ) or simply KENCHI, is a Japanese dancer and actor. He is a member of J-Pop ...
, dancer, member of
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and
Exile The Second Exile The Second (stylized as EXILE THE SECOND, formerly known as THE SECOND from EXILE), or simply The Second, is a Japanese music group comprising Exile members Kenchi, Keiji, Tetsuya, Nesmith, Shokichi and Akira. Formed in 2012, the grou ...
* Tetsuya, Dancer, member of
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and
Exile The Second Exile The Second (stylized as EXILE THE SECOND, formerly known as THE SECOND from EXILE), or simply The Second, is a Japanese music group comprising Exile members Kenchi, Keiji, Tetsuya, Nesmith, Shokichi and Akira. Formed in 2012, the grou ...
* Cameron Thomas, professional basketball player


See also


References


External links


Official Website
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